Gentlelady from new york and the gentleman from connecticut also wish to speak. Mr. President , senators their states who have been very hard hit should have the opportunity to speak. Im going to take my rebuttal of the coburn amendments and just abbreviate them. With the exception of being willing to accept the amendment where you cant get Emergency Assistance if you are a tax cheater or if youve passed away, with the exception of a funeral benefit i really object to the coburn amendment. My objections have been so well articulated by the gentleman from new york, mr. Schumer; by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Menendez, im not going to preet them. Im going to ask unanimous consent that my written rebuttals be in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Mikulski and in the interest of time, i think were all agreed the very intent to save money by adding delay and bureaucracy will cost money and will cost time in terms of getting people back on their feet in both thei
Okay . Youve been a great audience. Thank you so much. [applause] okay . Visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. You can also share anything you see on booktv. Org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. Booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. Booktv. Org. In my book i decided to take the privacy investigations id done at the wall street journal a step further by investigating myself. Like what is known about me and what can i protect. And so i sought my data from as many places as i could find which, actually, was very few places. So, for instance, i identified 200 data brokers out there, but only a dozen would let me see my files because theres no law requiring them too. But interestingly, even in that small set of files it was shocking how wrong some of them
Festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] first up steve vogel the author of through the perilous fight talking about his book at the 2014 gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] please direct your attention up there and for those in the back if you would like to move forward you are also welcome to do so if you would like. Welcome to the fifth annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is garrett peck and i am a lover of local history and beer and trains. Actually we will wait for just a second. One of the wonderful things about being in gaithersburg we are in old an Old Town Square and theres a real town that is here and the railroad station is right behind us which is a wonderful Historic Place to go to. Gaithersburg is a vibrant diversity that celebrates and supports the arts and humanities. We are pleased to bring you this festival and event thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers so please visit the
It is for people my age disorienting. For people, my children and grandchildrens age is the only america they have known and the most natural thing in the world. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. The wonderful thing about the gulf coast, is so underappreciate it and that is good because it gives us a lot to write about. If we were in new York San Francisco or chicago those cities and places are all so well known and new york is the literary capital but on the gulf coast we tend to think about from texas to the Florida Panhandle there really is instability, we have a similar environment, similar trees, long leaf pines, palm trees, sandy soil, salt in the air. The gulf of mexico and nourishes and supplies us with wonderful seafood, estuaries, wonderfully rich and tradition and culture. In and around these things for hundreds of years, it is an extraordinarily rich subject to take and of course along comes the oil spill in 2010 where all of a sudden we are in ce
[inaudible conversations] Richard Blanco what is los cocuyos . Its a firefight. Technically its a kind of a firefly that is very, its very mythical in cuba as well as south florida where i grew up and there is sort of a full tale and folklore. Women used to clip beatles on as a reporting ritual. Thats part of the title but its also the name of my uncles Grocery Store in the book which is kind of where i grew up in a way, kind of where i came to really connect with my culture and my heritage by working a cuban Grocery Store in miami. The book takes its title from that store and the idea of prints los cocuyos the old adage is it takes a village. The book centers a lot around the growing up in being sort of ushered in connected to my heritage by cubanamerican heritage through all the various people in the village in my community. So the story plays a central role in that are all the customers and all the regulars but ive formed relationships with. Thats the gist of the title so im elevate